A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Clinton$2,700/mo

Typical home $439K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $1,809/mo · Housing →

Friendly$2,680/mo

Typical home $438K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $2,306/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Friendly places higher on 10 of 19 MD lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Maryland ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

DClintonBetter than 8% of districts in the state DFriendlyBetter than 8% of districts in the state

Health

B−ClintonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns B−FriendlyHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns

5Clinton

10Friendly

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #128#210 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #209#141 Most remote workersWork · 256 towns #95#30 Lowest obesityHealth · 262 towns #236#205 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #172#194 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 262 towns #36#16 Most educatedPeople · 262 towns #184#203 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #95#80

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Clinton’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ClintonFriendly

Snow a year13″13″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)9th 8th

Outdoors & history

ClintonFriendly

Trails23 mi 0 mi

Conserved land11.4%12.4%

Settled1770 —

National Register places3 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here15 —

Community

ClintonFriendly

Library hours a week42 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Maryland average

ClintonFriendly

People

Population 38,376Highest 11,119Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.8%Highest MD: +7% +7.4%Lowest MD: +7%

Median age 46.8±1.6Lowest 19% above MD 47.5±4.4Highest 21% above MD

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 16.2%±1.8Lowest MD: 22.2% 20.4%±2.5Highest MD: 22.2%

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.5%±1.3Lowest MD: 16.7% 20.7%±2.7Highest MD: 16.7%

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 33.6%Highest MD: 43.4% 29.7%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±1Highest MD: 6.9% 5.7%±1.6Lowest MD: 6.9%

Clinton and Friendly are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $124,803±$4kLowest 20% above MD $127,670±$30kHighest 23% above MD

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $431,400±$10kLowest about the MD average $437,800±$23kHighest 4% above MD

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,809±$318Lowest 6% above MD $2,306±$216Highest 35% above MD

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,756Highest 16% above MD $4,634Lowest 13% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.3%±6.4Lowest MD: 51.5% 47.7%±12.7Highest MD: 51.5%

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.7%Highest MD: 9.4% 3%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.5%Highest MD: 67.6% 89.2%Lowest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 9 yrs newer than MD 1976Lowest 3 yrs older than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 38 minHighest 22% above MD 37 minLowest 19% above MD

Work from home 20.8%±2.6Lowest MD: 19.3% 28.9%±6.5Highest MD: 19.3%

Friendly and Clinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3.7%Highest 1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.51Highest 0.11Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (29%)Washington (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Friendly1% work in Clinton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.4%Lowest 12.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 23.3 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.0Lowest 45.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #209 of 235 in MD #141 of 235 in MD

School district Prince George's County Public SchoolsPrince George's County Public Schools

High school in town Surrattsville HighFriendly High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.5Highest 14.7Lowest

Maryland average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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